Bitcoin is not anonymous, and it is not for money laundering. These are the touchstones for Schumer and his like-minded senators on the big banking commitees. Take the fangs out of their argument by proving them wrong, then you've got something.

I am not willing to hurt people simply for selling weapons and weeds. What these people are doing is a voluntary transaction. Schumer and his friends are morally disgusting, not us.

Though I'm not a resident of NY or WV, I've written both Senators. I tried to shed a more positive light on Bitcoin. I encourage other American voters to do the same.

As a small business owner, I want to provide any legitimacy that I can to Bitcoin's public perception. I'm not part of the tin foil hat crowd and don't believe that the Senators are uncaring Illuminati robot aliens. But if I disappear, you know who to blame. I wrote to them with my real name and business address. I feel that this is a cause worth fighting for.

We need a positive narrative. Right now the narrative is that bitcoin is helping drug traffickers do their...things.

I'm not really sure any more about my original point, but I'm still of the opinion that we as western citizens should reduce exploiting both nature and other people in order to protect our outrageous wealth and become even more obese and unhappy.

I question the whole notion of happiness as the ultimate goal of humanity.

Meanwhile, our obesity is caused by evolutionary maladapation. We now live in a world of extremely rich nutrient, but our body still carve fats, sugar, and carbohydrate to the detriment of our health.